Last week, the White House press corps turn to their favorite past time - narcissism - and asked White House press secretary Robert Gibbs to grade the press corps performance over the past 100 days. “Talk about us, Robert!” We used to always get a kick out of those types of questions. Gibbs proclaimed, “An [...]
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning President Obama returned from his first overseas trip as president. To follow-up on my column from The Times last Thursday, I wanted to look at the trip from a communications perspective. Did Team Obama have a solid message? Were they able to effectively communicate that message and what [...]
A few interesting headlines this morning.
The first is re: Karl Rove’s reaction to Vice President Biden’s recent comments about former President George W. Bush.
Second, Arizona State University is not awarding President Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement next month. Degrees are conferred on those with “lifetime achievement” and according to ASU, he does [...]
My new column is up at The Times. Click on the here to read the whole thing.
Climbing the communications summit
By Pete Seat | Thursday, April 02, 2009
On Tuesday night, just a few hours before I departed London, President Barack Obama arrived, becoming only the 14th president to travel across the Atlantic while in office. Until President [...]
According to Dictionary.com the definition of “bipartisan” is the following:
bi-par-ti-san /[bahy-pahr-tuh-zuhn] - adj. representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions.
In the Obama Dictionary Version 2009 the definition is:
bi-par-ti-san /[bahy-pahr-tuh-zuhn] - adj. a one-way street representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions embracing every presidential agenda item with open [...]
During the fall of ‘08, President George W. Bush cancelled out-of-state events and in-town interviews left and right to focus on our nation’s economic woes. See ABC and FOX for a few examples.Â
How focused is President Obama on an economy that has only gotten worse?  You should ask ESPN. Seems that even with more Americans losing their jobs, a failing stimulus plan [...]
Not only is there the audacity of hope, but there is also a certain amount of audacity to creating and launching a website. Do people really want to read my random thoughts? Who cares what I have to say!
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I guess you never know until you launch.
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So it’s with that in mind that I’m happy to [...]
Below is my first column from The Times (of Northwest Indiana). You can read it here or below.
Remembering 43: The Trailblazer
BY PETE SEAT Thursday, February 05, 2009
In the days leading up to Jan. 20, the mainstream media published a flurry of short-term analysis pieces proclaiming President George W. Bush the worst commander-in-chief in history. I [...]
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